BSkyB will launch an integrated set-top decoder and personal television recorder in the first quarter of next year. The device will allow viewers to control live digital satellite programmes as if they were VCR recordings, choosing to ‘fast forward’ through adverts or ‘pause’ the programme if interrupted.The device also allows recording of up to 40… Continue reading Sky Gives Due Date For Integrated Digibox And Personal TV Recorder
Channel 5 director of programmes, Dawn Airey, has been reappointed to the Film Council Board. Launched in May this year with Airey among its board members, the Council has been set up to advise the government on the development of film policy and is set to recieve around £150 million in funding from the Department… Continue reading Appointments Brief
Granada Media has this morning announced the acquisition of a 5% stake in Arsenal Football Club. A £47m investment will grant Granada the status of exclusive commercial services and media rights agent for the team.The deal will also include a 50% interest in a new joint venture company, AFC Broadband, which will create a global… Continue reading Granada Takes Stake In Arsenal
Granada Media has this morning announced the acquisition of a 5% stake in Arsenal Football Club. A £47m investment will grant Granada the status of exclusive commercial services and media rights agent for the team.The deal will also include a 50% interest in a new joint venture company, AFC Broadband, which will create a global… Continue reading Granada Takes Stake In Arsenal
From Monday 11 September the Daily Telegraph will have a new look. The paper has undergone a major redesign to give it a crisper and cleaner appearance.Changes include new fonts, bolder headers, left-aligned headlines and additional white space. An index on page two will allow easier navigation and each section will now have a more… Continue reading Daily Telegraph Gets New Look
Channel 4 recorded its highest share of the UK television audience last week. According to overnight BARB figures, it won 13.3% of total television viewing for the week ending Sunday 3 September.The success of Big Brother has been pushing the channel’s ratings recently (see Big Brother Is Watching Audience Figures Go Up) and last week’s… Continue reading Channel 4 Records Highest Weekly Audience
Granada Media has been promoted to the FTSE 100 index just a few months after its flotation (see Granada Media Begins Conditional Trading). Shares in the company ended up by the end of yesterday’s trading, by 35p at £6.45.BSkyB announced a five year deal with NTL yesterday for the supply of Sky channels to the… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Wireless Group’s outspoken chairman, Kelvin MacKenzie, has launched a stinging attack on the “absurd charade” utilised by radio audience researcher body Rajar to achieve the listening figures radio advertising depends on.In an article appearing in the Guardian’s Monday media section, MacKenzie said that unlike the way audiences for newspapers and TV are calculated, Rajar’s… Continue reading MacKenzie Attacks Rajar’s ‘Widely Discredited’ Research Methods
Independent News & Media announced a 22% increase in pre-tax profits this morning. Releasing interim results for the six months to the end of June, the group, which publishes the Independent, reported profits of £46m after record performances across its core businesses.Solid circulation figures from the Independent and the Independent on Sunday pushed total UK… Continue reading Profits Up At Independent News & Media
The ITC cable statistics for the second quarter of 2000 show that the take-up rate for cable television services fell slightly quarter on quarter, from 26.4% for the first quarter of the year to 26.1% for the second. However, in a yearly analysis this represents an overall rise of 1.2%.In total 53% of all homes… Continue reading Cable TV Take-Up Falls Quarter On Quarter But Rises Year on Year
